From cf6758d2040816033ec47afe9c1d497e4c2abd4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philipp Hagemeister Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 13:33:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document disabling proxy (#1882) --- youtube_dl/__init__.py | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py index fff295e8cc..d2446b6706 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py +++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py @@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): general.add_option('--extractor-descriptions', action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors', default=False) - general.add_option('--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy', metavar='URL') + general.add_option( + '--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, metavar='URL', + help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection') general.add_option('--no-check-certificate', action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False, help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.') general.add_option( '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(), metavar='DIR',